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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hobnob

/häb'-näbˌ/ · Hob·nob · IPA /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/
01 adv. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
  1. 1.
    Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
  2. 2.
    At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)
02 v. i. To drink familiarly (with another).
imp. & p. p. Hornobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing
  1. 1.
    To drink familiarly (with another).
  2. 2.
    To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to hobnob with the political elite.
03 n. Familiar, social intercourse.
  1. 1.
    Familiar, social intercourse.